Georges Darboy

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Archbishop Georges Darboy (ca.1865)
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Georges Darboy (born January 16, 1813 in Fayl-Billot , † May 24, 1871 in Paris ) was Archbishop of Paris .

Life

Georges Darboy was born near Langres, the son of spice merchants that attended seminary in Langres and received the 1836 ordination . He was first vicar of Notre-Dame in Saint-Dizier and then from 1840 professor at the seminary in Langres. When the seminar was handed over to a religious order, Darboy went to Paris in 1845 in the service of the Parisian Archbishop Denis Affre , where he had made himself known through a translation of the works of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (Paris 1845).

Leaflet on the death of Georges Darboy

Initially an associate priest at the Carmelite monastery and in 1846 almsman of the Lycée Henri IV , he was soon named titular canon of Notre-Dame. In November 1854 he accompanied Archbishop Auguste Sibour to Rome and received from the Pope the title of Apostolic Protonotary, first class. In 1855 he was made titular vicar general of Paris, in 1859 Bishop of Nancy , and on January 10, 1863 by imperial decree made Archbishop of Paris. On January 8, 1864, he became the emperor's grand almsman, on October 5, 1864, a senator, and in August 1866, a member of the public education council.

Darboy was of moderate attitude and an enemy of the Jesuit direction, which is why Pope Pius IX. also stubbornly refused to grant the dignity of cardinal to the bishop, who was very favored by the imperial court . At the Vatican Council , Darboy openly denied the dogma of infallibility as an opportunist , protested against the imposed rules of procedure that created free deliberation, advocated the rights of the bishops several times, especially in his speech of May 20, 1870, and voted against the dogma, but after it was proclaimed, he tacitly complied.

After returning to Paris in July 1870, he remained at his post both during the siege and after the uprising of the Paris Commune of March 18, 1871. On April 4, Darboy was taken hostage for captured Communards and shot on the evening of May 24, along with the President of the Court of Cassation, Bonjean, Pastor Deguerry and three other clergymen in the courtyard of the La Roquette prison. On June 17, the solemn funeral of Darboy was held with the participation of deputations from the major state bodies .

Publications

  • Les femmes de la Bible (8th edition, Paris 1876)
  • Les saintes femmes (4th ed. 1877)
  • La vie de Saint-Thomas Becket (1860)
  • Œuvres pastorales (1876, 2 volumes)

literature

Web links

Commons : Georges Darboy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le Monde illustré . [sn], Paris June 17, 1871 ( bnf.fr [accessed February 23, 2018]).
predecessor Office successor
François-Nicolas-Madeleine Morlot Archbishop of Paris
1863–1871 		Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert
Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud Bishop of Nancy-Toul
1859–1863 		Charles Martial Lavigerie
personal data
SURNAME Darboy, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman, Archbishop of Paris
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Fayl-Billot
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1871
Place of death Paris